{"id":76245,"date":"2023-03-27T15:08:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T12:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=76245"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:17:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:17:56","slug":"creator-of-satoshis-skull-admits-error-over-pow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/creator-of-satoshis-skull-admits-error-over-pow\/","title":{"rendered":"Creator of &#8216;Satoshi&#8217;s Skull&#8217; admits error over PoW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong, who created Greenpeace&#8217;s &#8216;Satoshi\u2019s Skull&#8217; talisman, said his work was &#8220;never meant to be anti-Bitcoin&#8221;. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The piece was never meant to be anti-Bitcoin. <br \/>It was an optimistic hope that Bitcoin could shift away from the needless burning of fossil fuels without losing all the other features that make Bitcoin safe, secure, and decentralized. \/3<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l9SjijMV6h\">https:\/\/t.co\/l9SjijMV6h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Von Wong (@thevonwong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thevonwong\/status\/1639691310599733248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;I created the Skull, believing that Bitcoin mining was a classic black-and-white issue. I have devoted my entire career to reducing harmful waste emissions, and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-proof-of-work-pow-algorithm\"> <span data-descr=\"Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm\" class=\"old_tooltip\">PoW<\/span><\/a> intuitively seemed unsafe. Of course, I was wrong&#8221;, \u2014 wrote Von Wong.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The artist noted that after talking with experts in the cryptosphere, he came to see the prospects of blockchain technology. In his view, Bitcoin could potentially become more environmentally friendly without changing the algorithm.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than opposing mining, he urged joining the crypto community and improving it from within.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;With the right approach, miners could oust their rivals who neglect environmental protection. I&#8217;m glad to hear from the Bitcoin community that by the end of the decade the first cryptocurrency could reach negative CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions&#8221;, added Von Wong.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On March 23, Greenpeace <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/greenpeace-unveils-mascot-to-fight-bitcoin-mining\">unveiled<\/a> a talisman that embodies &#8220;dangerous levels of pollution&#8221; caused by Bitcoin mining. <\/p>\n<p>Compass Mining&#8217;s director of media strategy Will Fox called the installation &#8220;really cool&#8221; and set the skull image as his profile avatar.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2022, Greenpeace <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ripple-co-founder-called-a-judas-after-call-to-move-bitcoin-to-pos\">initiated<\/a> the campaign &#8220;Change the Code, Not the Climate&#8221; in collaboration with other eco-groups and Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong, who created Greenpeace&#8217;s &#8216;Satoshi\u2019s Skull&#8217; talisman, said his work was &#8216;never meant to be anti-Bitcoin&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1137,1259,76],"class_list":["post-76245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-ecology","tag-proof-of-work"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76247,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76245\/revisions\/76247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}